Having attended Davis and worked on a project with Phil Shaver, I followed the attachment literature closely.
The origins of Adult Attachment literature seem to stem from two sources. One is from the Hazan and Shaver work where they postulated that there might be a similar process and developed a self-report measure that turned out to have similar percentage classification as Ainsworth's and Main's studies with infants (If I recall correctly, 60% secure, 15% Anxious/Ambivalent, 10% Avoidant). This then developed into further studies with more sophisticated measures. In addition, adult attachment has been related to a variety of issues. The second is a retrospective process called the Adult Attachment Interview. This is when adults are interviewed about their parental relationships. The results from the AAI have also been linked to a variety of topic areas. I did attend a talk at Davis where one of Shaver's grad students at the time discussed a metaanalysis of the adult attachment literature who concluded that the influence of infant attachment on adult romantic attachment was .2. Not a whopping correlation, but it is something. I do believe that there are some longitudinal studies being conducted now with adults who 20+ years ago were given the Strange Situation and classified into attachment categories. Now as adults, they are again being assessed using the adult romantic attachment measures. There are several attachment labs to see: [ http://p032.psch.uic.edu/lab/index.html ]UIC Attachment, Cognition, and Personality Lab [ http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/Shaver/lab.html ]UC Davis Adult Attachment Lab [ http://www.johnbowlby.net ]SUNY StonyBrook Attachment Site [ http://psyche.tvu.ac.uk/attachment/ ]Richard Atkins' Attachment Web Site [ http://mgt2.umassp.edu/moon/AAL.html ]UMASS Adult Attachment Lab [ http://www.sfu.ca/psychology/groups/faculty/bartholomew/research/index.htm ]Kim Bartholomew's Lab [ http://www.attachmentnetwork.org/ ]International Attachment Network [ http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/14616734.html ]Attachment and Human Development (journal) Rob Rob Weisskirch, MSW, Ph.D. Human Development Program Department of Liberal Studies, Building 15 100 Campus Center California State University, Monterey Bay Seaside, CA 93955-8001 (831) 582-5079 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
